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Advocates warn council lease of Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County remains risky after DOJ findings; SB7 could alter lease rules
Summary
A civil‑rights attorney and advocates warned the committee that the 2022 lease of Atlanta City Detention Center beds to Fulton County remains underutilized and subject to federal findings; they said legislation (Senate Bill 7) could change how the county uses the facility and invited the council to participate in public assemblies.
Devin Franklin, senior movement policy counsel for the Southern Center for Human Rights, told the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee that the 2022 intergovernmental agreement leasing up to 700 beds in the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) to Fulton County has not been fully used and that recent federal findings raise concerns about continuing the arrangement.
Franklin said, “of those 700 beds, only 329 are currently being occupied. There is only an operational capacity of 500 people due to the staffing issues that we had previously warned you all of.” He said the…
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